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American film director
Gender
Male
Place of birth
Livingston County, Illinois, USA
Age
58 years
Education
University of Maryland
Notable Works
One Tree Hill
 
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Biography

Mark Schwahn (born July 5, 1966) is an American screenwriter, director, and producer. He is best known as creator, head writer and executive producer of the WB/CW drama series One Tree Hill.

Career

Schwahn has co-written Coach Carter (2005), The Perfect Score (2004), Whatever It Takes (2000) and 35 Miles from Normal (1997). In addition, he was creator of the TV series One Tree Hill, for which he also wrote and directed.

He served as producer for Whatever It Takes and One Tree Hill. He also directed 35 Miles from Normal, which he filmed in his hometown of Pontiac, Illinois. In March 2015 E! premièred Mark's show The Royals. E! first scripted series follows the lives of a fictional British Monarchy. The Royals stars Elizabeth Hurley as Queen Helena Henstridge, Alexandra Park as Princess Eleanor, William Mosley as Prince Liam, and Jake Maskall as King Cyrus.

Melrose Place spinoff

He emerged as a top candidate to write a plannedspin-off of Melrose Place shortly after the network and CBS Paramount Television announced it in late October 2008. Schwahn signed a two-year deal with CPT in early October 2008, but it had not started until June 2009. Until then, he was under a pact with Warner Bros. Television, where he ran One Tree Hill. His agreement with Warner Bros. called for him to continue as executive producer and showrunner on One Tree Hill returning for the ninth and final season in January 2012. The move to tap Schwahn to conceive a contemporary version of Melrose Place resembles The CW and CPT's decision to have Veronica Mars creator Rob Thomas pen the original script for 90210. In early 2009, it was announced Schwahn would not be working on the project.

Sexual harassment allegations

On November 12, 2017, TV writer Audrey Wauchope wrote on Twitter that she and her female writing partner were sexually harassed by Schwahn while working on One Tree Hill. Female cast members supported the allegations, and Hilarie Burton and Danneel Harris alleged that they had also been sexually harassed by Schwahn. The male stars of One Tree Hill released their own statements supporting their female co-stars and crew members. Schwahn was also accused by cast members of The Royals. Twenty-five female cast and crew members of the show released their own open letter stating that they, too, had been subjected to sexual harassment by Schwahn throughout the run of the show. In light of the allegations, Schwahn was suspended and ultimately fired from The Royals.

Filmography

Crew

YearTitleDistributorCreditNotes
199735 Miles from NormalIndependentWriter and directorIndependent film
2000Whatever It TakesColumbia PicturesWriter and producer
2004The Perfect ScoreParamount PicturesWriter
2005Coach CarterParamount PicturesWriter
YearTitleNetworkCreditNotes
2003–12One Tree HillThe WB
The CW
Series creator;
Writer, director, and executive producer
2010Spy School for GirlsThe CWSeries co-creator;
Writer and executive producer
Series production canceled;
Based on the book Spy School for Girls by Larry Kolb
NashvilleThe CWCo-writer and executive producerSeries production canceled;
Co-produced by Brad Paisley
2012ShelterThe CWSeries creator;
Writer and executive producer
Pilot filmed;
Set in a holiday inn in Maine.
2015 - 17The RoyalsE!Series creator;
Writer, director, and executive producer

Cast

YearTitleRoleNotes
1997Colin Fitz Lives!Venice Beach Fan
2006–08One Tree HillMax2 episodes
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